The Kurdish group has claimed responsibility for the attack in Istanbul

Kurdish grouping “Falcons of freedom of Kurdistan” has claimed responsibility for the double bombing in Istanbul. This is stated in the statement published on the website of the militants, reports DW.

This group had earlier split off from the Kurdistan workers ‘ party (PKK), it has committed terrorist acts.

The President of Turkey Reggea Tayyip Erdogan convened on 11 December emergency meeting on security issues in the country, with several government Ministers and senior officials.

Explosion near stadium “Vodafone arena” (the arena is home to Turkish football club beşiktaş), Istanbul occurred in the evening of 10 December, half an hour after the match between Besiktas and “Bursaspor”. It was reported that the remote method has been undermined by a car bomb, and after almost a minute in the nearby Park was blown up by a suicide bomber.

According to the authorities, the vast majority of the dead were police officers. As a result of explosions killed 38 people. In hospital hospitalized 155 people, of whom 14 are in intensive care, five – do the operation.

In Turkey in connection with the attack declared a day of mourning.

The foreign Ministry of Ukraine reported that Ukrainians among the victims of the terrorist attack in Istanbul there.